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by Joseph M. Beilein Jr., Megan L. Bever, Jonathan S. Jones, Erin Shearer, Brian Alberts, Ben Roy, Scott C. Martin, Jonathan Lande0, David Korostyshevsky1, Daniel Farrell2, Anne Garner3, James Marten4 ...

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The Substances of War explores how drugs, alcohol, and other substances were perceived, used, and fought over during the Civil War era. Because the Civil War unfolded in a culture already saturated in drugs, the essays in this collection take substance use and abuse as the center of its study, charting the consumption of many substances—from water, coffee, tobacco, and alcohol to quinine and ... Read more

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The Substances of War explores how drugs, alcohol, and other substances were perceived, used, and fought over during the Civil War era. Because the Civil War unfolded in a culture already saturated in drugs, the essays in this collection take substance use and abuse as the center of its study, charting the consumption of many substances—from water, coffee, tobacco, and alcohol to quinine and
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